Wheel



S.y E. MORRAL.

WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED FEB* I5. 19H. I

Patented-Jan. 13, 1920.

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SAMUEL E. MORRAL, OE MORRAL, OHID.

WHEEL.

To all lwhom t vmay concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. MORRAL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mori-al, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful vImprovement in Wheels,l ofwhich the following is a specification.

The wheels for motor and other large vehicles are at the present time constructed mostly of hard wood. Such wood is growing scarcer and higher in price. The object of the4 present invention is thel reduction of a wheel largelyfof-I metal which. can bel economically-cast and be lightv in Weight.

The invention is embodied in the example herein J'shown and.=-.;;described and finally claimed? In theA accompanying drawing `forming part hereofi 1 Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the inner side of the Wheel, a small portion being ybroker out and shown in sectionv to illustrate details'.

Fi 2 is a diametrical sectional View, on say t eline I-I Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view through the spoke of a Wheel.

Figi. 4 isa longitudinal sectional view of a s' o e. 4 f

n 'the views, referring moreparticularly to Figs. 1 and 2, the character 5 designates the hub; 6 the brake drum, 7 the spokes; 8 the rim connecting the spokes and 9 spurs on said rim to engage a tire or snp lemental arts enumerated are al cast in one piece or malleable iron or steel and the structure, excepting as to thespurs, is hol ,low at one side so as to be .eas1ly cast and form a wheel light in weight but strong and durable. Short webs'lQ connecting the frame of the wheel and hub can be added to brace the hub. u

For 'appearance sake and to give a solid effect to the spokes they can be filled with wood 11 or other light 'material held i-n place by tliin pliable flanges `12 bent overv Specification f Letters Patent.

, to inclose the wood, as shown by broken lines in Fig. 4.

The feuy as Shown includes. two Semi."

Patenten Jan. 13', 192e.' Application mea February 15, 1917. Aserial no. 148,738.

spurs. are an im ortant feature becasathey permlt the app ication of the curved ieces of felly and prevent subsequent latere dislodgment of them. The parts of thetfelly are shown as bound upon the rim circumferentially by means of a metallic tire 14 or band shrunk on. This metallic tire can, of course, be channeled or otherwise conv structed-to receive arubber tire as suggested by broken lines in Fig. 2. v

In Fig. 4 the brake drum is omitted' and 12 are correspondingly extended to inclose Same.

the molds, and because the rim, spokes and hub are in one inte al casting suicient strength may be obtained Without resort if desired to as many customary in wheels.

i The'forms of the parts can be changed and some parts omitted withoutdeparting`l from the gist of the invention as clalmed.

What I claim is:

1. A wheel havingl its hub, spokes and 'rim with centrally located fellypenetrating SAMUEL E. MORRAL.

. the Spoke shown as filled with wood its en- Itire length. In such construction the anges the wood or other 'material inserted in the' The construction in either form is such as to require little or no c'orlng 1n formlng yspokes as heretofore 

